Arabic News Weekly Edition for Palestine, 11/8/1999
Weekly Edition, Palestine - Week of November 8, 1999
- Arab League discusses steps for issuing Palestinian currency
A symposium for issuing a Palestinian currency concluded today in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. The symposium lasted for two days under the auspices of Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid with the participation of the World Bank and Arab banks, funds and experts on economy and finance. Palestine-Regional, Politics, 11/13/1999 - Palestinian leadership demands implementation of resolutions 242 and 338
The Palestinian leadership emphasized the importance of the Palestinian and Israeli sides adhering to United Nations Security Council resolutions 242 and 338 to reach the current negotiations regarding causes of the final status to its aspired end. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/13/1999 - Israel agrees to land-for-peace with Palestinians Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/12/1999
- First member of Israeli Knesset visits Beit El-Shark
Yossi Katz, a member of the Israeli Knesset for the Labor Party, met yesterday in Beit El-Shark (the Orient House) in occupied Arab Jerusalem with Faisal El-Hssueini, a member of the executive committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian official in charge of the Jerusalem file. Palestine, Politics, 11/12/1999 - Mrs Clinton to visit Ramallah
U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is due to pay a short visit to Ramallah where she will meet Suha Arafat, spouse of Palestinian president Yasser Arafat, and a number of Palestinian officials. Palestine-USA, Politics, 11/11/1999 - General Assembly welcomes Bethlehem 2000 Palestine-Israel-UN, Culture, 11/11/1999
- Blair confers with Arafat Palestine-UK, Politics, 11/11/1999
- Israeli Cabinet agrees to withdraw from new lands
Israeli Cabinet agreed yesterday to withdraw from new areas making up 5% of the West Bank and to deliver these areas to the Palestinian government , according to the Sharm El-Sheikh accord. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/11/1999 - Israeli settlers evacuated from Maon near Hebron
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers and policemen stormed the settlement stronghold of Maon in the West Bank and evacuated the approximately 300 Jewish settlers who had arrived to the site to support their fellow right wing hard-liners. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/10/1999 - Patriarch of Jerusalem visits Qatar
The patriarch of Jerusalem and Middle East for the Orthodox Church, Thionoris I, emphasized that his first visit to Qatar comes at the invitation of Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani, saying, "My visit to Qatar comes to know this country in which our sons enjoy stability, justice and welfare, and I did not come here to build a church or a house." Qatar-Palestine, Religion, 11/10/1999 - Palestinian source: Barak obstructs final status negotiations
A Palestinian source said Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak started shaking the confidence in the Palestinian final status negotiations, saying there are issues seen as "red lines," on which no concessions are to be made. These issues include Jerusalem as Israel's eternal capital. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/9/1999 - Barak returns early from Paris due to settlement problem
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak decided to cut short his visit to Paris and return to Israel in light of the situation in the Jewish settlement outpost of Ma'on near Hebron. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/9/1999 - Erekat: Barak blows the peace process
Palestinian senior negotiator Saeb Erekat commented on the statements of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who he said that UN Security Council resolution 242 does not apply to the West Bank and Gaza, saying that if these declarations were true it would destroy the whole peace process. Palestine, Politics, 11/9/1999 - Tourism demand is strong in Bethlehem
The city of Bethlehem has been witnessing since last month an unpreceded expanded tourism movement, and it is expected that the numbers of tourists and Christian pilgrims are to increase more and more with the approach of celebrating the end of the second millenium since the birth of Jesus Christ. Palestine, Economics, 11/8/1999 - Sheikh Yassin and Netanya explosion
The leader of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, Sheikh Ahmad Yaasin, stressed on Sunday, commenting on the same day's explosion which resulted in wounding tens of Israelis in Netanya, north of Tel Aviv, that his movement "opposes launching attacks against civilians, but it will continue to resist the Israeli occupation." Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/8/1999 - Final status negotiations commence between Palestinians and Israelis
Final status negotiations started today between the Palestinians and the Israelis and focused at the beginning on procedural matters and drawing up an agenda for the later sessions. Palestine-Israel, Politics, 11/8/1999 - Hamas warns of revenge campaigns against it
The battalions of the Izz El-Din El-Kassam, the military wing of the Hamas movement, warned against launching revenging campaigns against it. Palestine, Politics, 11/8/1999